Title: Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Date: May 12, 1896
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
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Form No. 1.
The Western Union Telegraph Company.
Incorporated
21,000 Offices In America. Cable Service to All The World.
This Company Transmits and Delivers messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message.
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing with in sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
This is an Unrepeated Message, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above.
Thos. T. Eckert, President and General Manager.
Number A [1]
Sent By We
Rec'd by xD
Check 13Pd
Received at
5/12 1896
Dated Columbus Ind 12 [2]
To Geo T Beck c/o A Bell [3]
Every member company from Alger down complaining can get no reports from you
W F Cody
Note 1: Telegram is handwritten by clerk or William F. Cody assignee. [back]
Note 2: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Columbus, Indiana, on May 12, 1896. [back]
Note 3: "A. Bell" is likely Albert Bell (1853-1898) who resided Red Lodge, Montana. [back]
Title: Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Source: University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Beck Family Papers, 1858-1992 (bulk 1884-1919); Acc. #10386, ah10386_0162
Date: May 12, 1896
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
Topic: Buffalo Bill's Wyoming
People: Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943
Sponsor: Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.
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